We need more women councillors for everyone’s benefit
Tulip Siddiq is a Camden Borough Councillor and Birkbeck alumnus and Peter Allen is a doctoral student in the Department of Politics. The 2010 National Census of Local Authority Councillors, published...
View ArticleLies, Statistics and Eric Pickles on Transparency
By Professor Deborah Mabbett Transparency in government sounds like a good thing. Surely more information is better than less, and an informed public will make more accurate judgments about government...
View ArticleToo many councillors leaving leaves councils too homogeneous
Tulip Siddiq is a Camden Borough Councillor and Birkbeck alumnus and Peter Allen is a doctoral student in the Department of Politics. Councillor turnover is an under-researched and under-addressed...
View ArticleMore of the Same? Women and the Scottish Local Government Elections 2012
By Dr. Meryl Kenny (UNSW) and Dr. Fiona Mackay (Edinburgh) Thirteen years after devolution heralded a ‘new dawn’ in women’s representation – with Nordic levels of women MSPs elected to the first...
View Article…but is it Good News for Women?
By Dr. Meryl Kenny (UNSW) and Dr. Fiona Mackay (Edinburgh) Originally posted on the Gender Politics at Edinburgh blog. Political pundits are claiming the results of the 2012 local government elections...
View ArticleCareer politicians are elected young, promoted quickly and dominate the...
By Peter Allen, doctoral researcher and sessional lecturer in the Department of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London. Originally posted on the British Politics and Policy at LSE blog. Writing...
View ArticleFrom Parliament to Parish: Transparency and the Ultimate Accountability
By Dr Ben Worthy Transparency laws, and FOI in particular, are intended to bring about increased accountability. When Tony Blair passed the Freedom of Information in 2000 it is unlikely he had...
View ArticleWomen on top – promotional patterns in the House of Commons
By Peter Allen This week saw the publication of the Counting Women In report ‘Sex and Power 2013’. As I have written elsewhere, with Philip Cowley, the media reacted by focusing on a the most troubling...
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